Silivrikapı Kindergarten

In Hijri 1279-1280 (Gregorian 1864), with the permission that Sheikh Ali Efendi received from Sultan Abdülaziz and with the resources provided by Adile Sultan, the Bala lodge was repaired again on the site of this structure and made usable.
The structure, which was destroyed in the Hijri 1310 (1893) earthquake, was repaired in Hijri 1313 (1896) and served with the function of a lodge until 25 November 1925.
At the beginning of the 1926-1927 school year, education began under the name “Bala School” in the part of the structure allocated to the school.
With the decision taken in 1928, the other half of the structure was also transferred to school use; the school successively took the names “21st Primary School” and “Silivrikapı Primary School.”
In 1998, the school continued education under the status of “Silivrikapı Primary Education School”; after 2012, it began to serve only as a kindergarten.

The structure is also known by the names Bala Sufi Lodge (Bala Lodge), Bala School, 21st Primary School, and Silivrikapı Primary School.
The structure is single-storey; it has a rectangular mass extending in the east-west direction and is covered with a wooden roof clad with tiles.
In the mass, there is a “U”-shaped recessed arrangement inward at the middle of the west facade and at the northwest corner; the entrance is on the east facade.
The books belonging to the lodge library are preserved today in the Süleymaniye Library.